Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-03-11
SPIRITUALIssI.

IS described at lentgh by the Cleveland
Plain Dealer: The seances took place
in a room in hotel; there was no
cabinet or other paraphernalia such
as are usually employed, but simply
q quilt suspended across one corner,
and behind this curtain chair. There
was no chance for confederates, the
use OF trap doors or any means OF
fraud or deception. The hotel-keeper,
his family and party OF friends, in.
Guiding a Cleveland commercial tray
eler, composed the company present.
The only door to theroom was lock ed,
and one of the party held the key.
The Plain Dealer makes these extra
ordinary statements:
The medium, a large and rather
heavy woman about forty-fve years
OF age, clad wholly in dark clothing,
went behind the curtain and sat in the
chair. Each member OF the circle went
up to the curtain and, looking behind
it, saw nothing there but an elderly
lady sitting on chair. The curtain
was drawn and all sat down. In less
than one minute the curtain was
swung back and something came out
into the seml-circle formed by the sit
tiers. 1t was not the woman who
went behind the curtain. 1t was the
figure of little girl, apparently not
more than six years old Slight OF
form, with fair face and golden hair,
and clad In robe OF white glittering
IA = ND ell,
phosphorescent glow. That this
child, plainly seen by all, was not be-
hind the curtain minute before, that
she was not in the room, that she
did not 90 behind the curtain from
without any time, and that there was
no other physical means OF getting
there, all knew beyond a doubt
Yet there was the figure. plain, palpa.
BILE, conscious, living reality. That at
least was physical fact beyond con-
troversy.
The writer's informant, the Cleve-
land travling man, while astonished
at what he saw at the first sitting,
was perplexed in mind because moth
ing came to him personally and was
inclined to believe there was some ho-
cus-pocus about it, although he could
not see how there could be- So he
went back the second night full of
doubt, and not expecting much. The
manifestations had hardly begun when
DAISY" the chiid-spirit before men
toned who had come, came out into
the circle and said: ''Mr. E., there Is
q spirit here who says he knows you"
who is it?" asked Mr.. E ''He says
1 he thinks you ought to know him He
will materlalize so you can see HIM.
| With that the form ola man came out
! from behind the curtain, the little Girl
remaining outside at the same time.
Mr.. E. asked the form to come closer
and it did so, extending its hand. Il
| took the hand" SAYS Mr.. f,
"and looked dose at the face,
| recognizing it at once. i was an old
friend of mine that | had known in
! this city, where he was connected with
q daily paper. ! said in amazement:
1T is Jack H You know me then,
| Dick spoke the form before me call
| ING me by name, which | am sure the
| medium did not know, i think do |
! said, but il that is, indeed, my old
| friend Jack H tell me something that
Won only and l know OF and will be-
! lieve.' Il can do that, he answered.
You remember that you and | were
on the steamer ten years ago crossing
the lake from Detroit to Cleveland
when a biz storm came up and we
thought we were going TO be wrecked!
] had forgotten all about the clreum-
stance and had not thought OF 1t Tor
wears; but | remembered 1t then, ana
said so. we were in Our berth IN q
state-room, were We not? acknoWl-
edged that this was SO. when we
thouoht the boat was going to sink we
cot M and seized the only lhe-preserv-
err in the state-room and rushed up
on deck, you after me, shouting to me
to let YOU have the life-preserver? |
remembered that also Do you re-
member what saids' No, / could
not recall that. Il can tel! you, he
said. "I'li let you have 1t when am
done with it," Can you remember
now?' | remembered, These were the
very words. had forgotten them
had not thought OF the circumstance
for wears; vet here comes shadow
from the land OF shadows, claiming 10
be my friend who died, and VINO
brought with IL tue Iorht' tiiS te''N' -
the voice Of that friend, telling me OF
something that only my friend ana |
knew. and something that had Tor
gotten myself. Was it not my trienG?
WAS it not What it pretended 70 be-
If not that. then what was itY ii 1t Gie
not come from the invisible world.
bringing with it conscious individual
ty OF that friend OF mine, whence was
it?" :,
The second manifestation came IN
the form of a young lady lie had
known wears before, and with whom
he used to sing song that had al
most passed from his memory lie
recognized the form, and 1t sang the
song which he instantly recalled. II
tbat was not the spirit OF the girl with
whom the man had sung this song
years before. what was it. and who
Else could have known OF that sonss
Are you happy?" asked E. ram ann
inc almost nnconsciously the question
that comes first in our minds when we
think of those from whom death mas
separated ms. I'm space IN tline no .
more. but the same always, eterna'iS,
answered the form as 1t hoed JAW
emntv mir and whs gone.